 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1995 - 548 páginas
...reply; HEADOUAHTEKS. DOVER, TENNESSEE. Febrnary 16, 1862. To Brig. Gen'l US GRANT, US Army. SIR; — The distribution of the forces under my command, incident...Confederate arms yesterday, to accept the ungenerous and un chivalrous terms which you propose. I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't, SR BUGKNER, Brig. Gen. GSA... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - 1999 - 708 páginas
...Brig. Gen. Headquarters, Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862. TO BRIG. GEN'L us GRANT, US Army. SIR: The distribution of the forces under my command, incident...ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose. / am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't, SB BUCKNER, Brig. Gen. CSA General Buckner, as soon as he had dispatched... | |
 | Kendall D. Gott - 2003 - 388 páginas
...by the reply from his old friend, all Buckner could do at this point was to send a snippy replySir: The distribution of the forces under my command incident...ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant SB Buckner Brigadier General, CS Army 12 such a banner, but... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Cooling - 1989 - 392 páginas
...munitions. Now all that he received from Grant was a rebuff. Buckner therefore replied somewhat peevishly: "The distribution of the forces under my command incident...ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose." This was the final barb of frustration; yesterday no longer counted. At least Grant did not make good... | |
 | James Tatum - 2004 - 254 páginas
...move immediately upon your works." Buckner's feeble reply is all moonlight and magnolias. Sir: — The distribution of the forces under my command, incident...accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose.32 Mark Twain charged the whole Civil War to the Souths passion for the novels of Sir Walter... | |
 | David J. B. Trim - 2003 - 392 páginas
...he had no choice but to reply, 'the overwhelming forces under your command, 33 Jackson (1895) 226. compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of...ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose.' So much for chivalry among elites. The South and its officers took notice and understood that defeat... | |
 | Elizabeth D. Samet - 2004 - 300 páginas
...the states, betrayed deep resentment at the Union commander's surprising lack of civility: Sir:—The distribution of the forces under my command, incident...ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose. (USG, 2,12, 208) As Shelby Foote observes, Grant's "ungenerous and unchivalrous" behavior toward Buckner... | |
 | Edward A. Pollard - 2004 - 760 páginas
...attached to his name as a peculiar title to glory ; and Gen, PANIC IN NASHVILLE. 209 Buckner replied : " The distribution of the forces under my command, incident...accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which yon propose." The fall of Fort Donelson was the heaviest blow that had yet fallen on the Confederacy.... | |
 | Richard E. Schroeder - 2004 - 176 páginas
...that he would accept "no terms except unconditional and immediate surrender." Buckner wrote back that "the overwhelming force under your command compel...notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms ... to accept [your] ungenerous and unchivalrous terms." The Union navy had only fifty-four men killed... | |
 | 2004 - 556 páginas
...force under your command compels me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms, to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose. I am, Sir, your servant, SB BUCKER, BRIG.-GEN., CSA Our force was soon in the enemy's works, when the rebel officers... | |
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SIR : — The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelming force under your command, compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms yesterday, to accept the... 
